With Spider's Web finally complete after many months of ignoring all other potential projects I find myself with a bit of spare time in the evenings. As this simply will not do I plan to launch right into the Next Big Thing, whatever that may be, in the coming weeks. However, while I don't intend to immediately start another installment of Tales from the Green the series has been on my mind so much as of late that I can't walk away completely.
That leads me to my next long-awaited project: a complete edit of The Magic Flute. Over the next few months as time and other projects permit I will be doing a line by line rewrite of the first book of TftG. As this was my first novel and honestly my first serious completed work it is safe to say that my writing style has evolved somewhat since I finished it. Heck, when I wrote that book I was still in my old job in my old apartment with no kid underfoot! It was a veritable lifetime ago!
Consider the original edition as a sturdy skeleton in need of some fleshing out. While I don't intend to make any drastic changes to the plot I will be making changes throughout the length and breadth of the work. I look forward to going through my original world and seeing where I can take it.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Spider's Web on Amazon!
We are officially ago with the launch of Spider's Web on Amazon! Now begins the stomach churning nervous excitement that accompanies any new book release, followed by a flurry of updates, marketing, and promotion. The fun never ends when you're a one man band!
Spider's Web Released on Smashwords!
Tales from the Green Book Three: Spider's Web has just gone live on Smashwords! Once Smashwords approves it for distribution it will slowly begin filtering out to Barnes and Noble, iTunes, etc, but for now you can buy it directly from Smashwords at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/125309. As always the price is a measly $0.99.
Fair warning: Smashwords seems to have implemented some kind of automatic table of contents feature which did some minor wonky things to the first few pages. I'll be playing around with it to improve aesthetics (preferably by removing the whole ToC), but rest assured that everything looks perfect once the actual book starts. As always please let me know if you find a type-o or formatting problem and I will rush to correct it.
The Amazon edition has been submitted separate from Smashwords and will take another 24-48 hours to upload as it is in "In Review" status. I'll be posting links for it when the address is available.
Fair warning: Smashwords seems to have implemented some kind of automatic table of contents feature which did some minor wonky things to the first few pages. I'll be playing around with it to improve aesthetics (preferably by removing the whole ToC), but rest assured that everything looks perfect once the actual book starts. As always please let me know if you find a type-o or formatting problem and I will rush to correct it.
The Amazon edition has been submitted separate from Smashwords and will take another 24-48 hours to upload as it is in "In Review" status. I'll be posting links for it when the address is available.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Book 3 Cover
Presenting the cover art for Tales from the Green Book Three: Spider's Web!
This is my first attempt at making my own cover since my early days, and I am actually really satisfied with the results. Of course I can't take full credit. Those who look too closely will see that I cannibalized as much as I could from the beautiful Ronnell Porter cover that I used for The Magic Flute. In fact it was so much work getting it to look right that in retrospect I should have just asked him for a new one, but then again I do actually enjoy doing stuff like this myself even if I have to work three times as hard to make it look halfway decent. Considering that the font for the title is hand drawn I may not be able to copy pasta my way through my next cover unless I choose my title very carefully :p
The dragon emblem is my own shoddy art that is sharpened up using Paint.net, and the spider in the center is a royalty-free stock photo from morgueFile. MorgueFile is one of the few decent free image sites I could find that allows downloaded images for commercial use without having to pay an arm and a leg for a license. They're selection isn't as wide as the pay-sites but when you're selling eBooks for 99 cents each you really don't want to spend too much on art and marketing.
This is my first attempt at making my own cover since my early days, and I am actually really satisfied with the results. Of course I can't take full credit. Those who look too closely will see that I cannibalized as much as I could from the beautiful Ronnell Porter cover that I used for The Magic Flute. In fact it was so much work getting it to look right that in retrospect I should have just asked him for a new one, but then again I do actually enjoy doing stuff like this myself even if I have to work three times as hard to make it look halfway decent. Considering that the font for the title is hand drawn I may not be able to copy pasta my way through my next cover unless I choose my title very carefully :p
The dragon emblem is my own shoddy art that is sharpened up using Paint.net, and the spider in the center is a royalty-free stock photo from morgueFile. MorgueFile is one of the few decent free image sites I could find that allows downloaded images for commercial use without having to pay an arm and a leg for a license. They're selection isn't as wide as the pay-sites but when you're selling eBooks for 99 cents each you really don't want to spend too much on art and marketing.
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